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Chapter 14: The Start of the Final Battle

Later at night, Diego and Kyle were watching the stars as they were depressed that they still couldn't find Toby.

"Well...still no luck…" Diego sadly sighed.

"Poor Toby...I hope he's okay…" Kyle sadly replied.

"Me too." Diego nodded.

"If I could turn just back time, I would tell Toby everything and I wouldn't even hurt him…" Kyle sadly put his head down; feeling guilty to hurt Toby.

"Hey, we all make mistakes, buddy. And sometimes we learn from those mistakes." said Diego as he places a paw on Kyle's shoulder.

"I...I guess that's true…" Kyle turns his head towards the saber.

"I learn to never abandon my brother and keep him close to me" Diego replied as he looks up to the night sky.

"Yeah...but…what if we never see Toby again?" Kyle asked.

Diego didn't want to think of that, nor doesn't he want to lose Toby. He then looks at Kyle and replies, "We'll find him, Kyle. No matter what."

"You're right, we can't give up. We gotta keep looking" Kyle said, standing up as he was ready to continue to find Toby.

"Let's go." said Diego, agreeing with Kyle.

Soon they went off to keep looking for Kyle, while little did they know, Grypher was watching them leave.

"Soon Kyle... You will die at my bare hands." Grypher evilly chuckled.

Meanwhile at the Sanctuary, Sid was tucking Rosy in to her bed as he sings a soft lullaby to her. When Rosy falls to sleep, Sid sits on his leaf shaped bed and wait for his wife to come back. He then sees a shadow figure coming into the Sanctuary.

"Carrie?"

Soon Peaches enters as Sid sighed sadly. "Hi Peaches…"

"Hey Uncle Sid, What's wrong?" Peaches asked, looking concerned for her uncle.

"I'm waiting for Carrie. Have you seen her?" Sid asked thinking that Peaches might have information if she had seen his wife.

"No... I thought she was with you" Peaches replied, shaking her head.

"What do you mean?" Sid asked, with an eyebrow up.

"Well... We haven't seen her ever since you and Carrie split up to look for Toby." said Peaches.

"You mean you haven't seen her since you guys returned?" Sid asked.

"No…" Peaches replied.

Fear strikes into Sid's mind as he was starting to panic about his wife and soon he rushes out of the Sanctuary.

"Uncle Sid?! Where are you going?!" Peaches called out.

"I'm gonna look for Carrie! Mind Rosy for me." Sid called back as he rushes off to find his wife.

Soon Manny and Ellie, who has the twins with them, saw Sid passing by them. They notice the panic in his eyes which they began to feel concerned for the sloth. In time, Ellie and Manny manage to talk to Sid about it.

"Sid?" Manny asked.

"Sid, wait!" Ellie called out, trying to stop the sloth.

But Sid kept on running in fear as Peaches came by with Rosy in her trunk. Manny looked at Sid in confusion and turns to his daughter. "What's going on Peaches?" Manny asked.

"It's Aunt Carrie. I think she's missing." Peaches replied in worry.

"What?!" The mammoths gasped.

"First Toby, now Carrie…!" Crash whimpered.

"Who's next?" Eddie also whimpered.

"Alright, everybody. Calm down!" said Manny.

"Manny's right—we need to remain calm and focused." said Ellie.

"Alright, come on. We'll go with Sid and find Carrie and Toby and this time…hopefully we'll find them." said Manny.

"I hope you're right, dad." Peaches replied and then the rest of the herd soon follows Sid to find Carrie and Toby.

Meanwhile in the snow fields, Diego and Kyle were looking for Toby, when suddenly, Sid accidently crashes into them.

Soon the others got up and sternly said, "Sid!"

Sid didn't reply but instead panics as he quickly got up and looks around. Kyle and Diego began to exchange looks as the sloth was acting unusual; looking for his wife which the two didn't have a clue what's going with their sloth friend.

Kyle slowly approaches to the sloth, nonchalantly as he questions the sloth in concern, "Sid? Are you okay?"

"What's wrong buddy?" Diego asked, also concerned for his friend.

"Guys! It's Carrie! She's missing too!" Sid cried, extremely worried for his wife.

"What?" Diego gasped in surprise.

"Oh no, Carrie! Not her too!" Kyle was stunned after Sid's comment. Carrie? Also gone like Toby. What's going on!? Kyle thought.

"I need to find her! I don't wanna lose my wife!" Sid cried and starts to panic.

"Sid, calm down." said Kyle as he shook the sloth.

"Stop-sha-king-me-!" Sid replied as Kyle lets go of him.

"Sid, relax. Everything is gonna be okay." Kyle comforted the sloth, trying to calm him down that Carrie is alright.

"We'll find her and we'll find Toby. No matter what happens." Diego said as he smiles at the sloth.

"Thanks guys. I just don't wanna lose my wife—she's everything to me." Sid sadly replied.

"I think you mean she WAS everything to you"

The three mammals turned around to see Grypher smirking evilly at them.

"YOU!" Diego growled.

"W-Who is this?" Sid whimpered, afraid by Grypher's terrifying appearance.

"That's Grypher! The bad guy I warned you about!" Kyle replied as he kept his sternly glare at the cloaked man.

"Wait...you're Grypher?" Sid asked.

"Indeed I am! And you must the sloth that defeated Victor" Grypher evilly grinned at the sloth.

"Yes I am." Sid replied.

"PATHETIC! I could destroy both Victor and you within a second." Grypher answered in a terrifying tone as he snaps his fingers.

"Hey, I'm right beside you, you stupid human" Victor snarled as he walks beside him.

"VICTOR!" Sid exclaimed in fear.

"Hello again 'Sidney'" Victor evilly chuckled.

"My god, you gotten uglier…" Sid replied.

"Same to you freak…!" Victor growled viciously.

"Okay, I had enough of this! What do you want with me, Grypher? Why do you want to destroy so badly? I haven't done anything to you. Why? And I demand an answer!" Kyle exclaimed in frustration.

Kyle had enough with this cloak man. He demands to know what was the man's perspective and objective behind his schemes. Who was he and what does he want with Kyle? Why is he so obsessed into destroying Kyle and the herd?

The cloaked man laughed with an evil smile. He gave a vicious grin at Kyle as he was ready to give a full explanation to the boy. "If you are so into finding my objective, then so be it. You'll die after this," He grins evilly at Kyle as the boy made a defensive position. "You see, Kyle. I was part of this 'organization' that were intrigue by your time traveling in the Ice Age…"

"You mean…there are people who know…?" Kyle asked in surprised as his secret into time traveling may be revealed to some people.

"Yes… They choose me to capture you and bring you to them because the leader of the organization wanted to see…however, I betrayed them…you know why…?" Grypher evilly grins at Kyle.

"Why…?" Kyle questioned, curious why did he betrayed them

"I learned that I can be as powerful as a king from a royal palace. This power, the power of darkness, was strong and I can control and slave people and animals with it. The organization gifted me this power as this darkness is my life source. But the organization was pleasant fools… They gave me the power of time travel and darkness and now… I can use this power to rule this world…time or space… No one cannot stop me, not even you, Kyle… You may think you might be a hero just because you saved this herd once when you first arrived here…but you can't…you're just a child…no family…no friends… You're just a sad excuse to be person or are you…? You see… I sent you here…this parallel Ice Age world where you first met this animal herd but a different scenario… This place is not the actual Ice Age you belong to…and with that…since I was chosen to capture you, I decided to kill you here…where you can't stop me or your herd!", Grypher said as he releases his dark aura as the darkness waves like mists. "I WILL take this world and the present time! I will be the king of time for all time periods!"

"Nevertheless, you two will be destroyed!" Diego growled.

"No foolish cat, it is YOU who will be destroyed!" Victor coldly laughed.

Soon, the rest of the herd appears as they saw Grypher and Victor.

"GUYS!" Manny called out.

"Your friends won't get in my way this time, Kyle!" Grypher exclaimed

Grypher then sends two balls of lightning behind Kyle and they hit the ground near the rest of the herd as the spark created a giant force field that Kyle, Diego, Sid and the two enemies were surrounded by it.

"We're trapped!" Sid cried, looking around as he was surrounded by the dark flames.

Soon, Victor turns back to see Toby and Carrie behind them. "This is gonna be a wild ride!" Victor evilly laughs as Carrie, Toby and Grypher laugh evilly as well.

"Hang on guys, I'm coming!" Manny cried, charging towards the dark flames.

"Manny! No!" Ellie cried.

"Nice try mammoth!" Grypher smirks as he commands the dark electric force field to be like a electric hand and soon it hits Manny away from the others.

"DADDY!" Peaches screams as she rushes to her father who was injured.

"Manny!" Sid cried in shock, his eyes widen.

"You will pay for that you freak!" Kyle growls at Grypher as he tightens his fists.

Grypher just evilly chuckles as he looks at Sid and answers. "Oh, Sid…" the sloth turns to Grypher as he grins evilly at the sloth. "I have a surprise for you...COME FORTH MY SLAVE OF EVIL!"

Soon, Carrie appears through a cloud of dark mist as Sid gasped in horror. "C-C-Carrie?"

"What the-?" Diego gasped

"This is not good…!" Kyle said in horror, seeing Carrie into a dark slave.

The herd along with Kyle stands on guard as they glare at the Grypher with Victor and Carrie who was just being turned into a dark creature. Carrie has dark markings around her as her patch of fur was purple and so was her hair as her eyes were crimson.

"What have you done to my wife?!" Sid screamed.

"She's mine now…" Grypher evilly chuckled.

"You...You monster!" Sid cried.

"Carrie! Destroy that sloth!" Grypher growls as he points to Sid.

"As you wish master…" the evil, menacing Carrie replies as she dangerously walks towards the sloth.

"Stay close Sid" Diego growled, defending the sloth behind him.

"You two will not interfere!" Grypher snarled as he uses his powers to sends Kyle and Diego out of the dark force field.

"Sid!" Kyle cried, as he looks at Sid who was in trouble.

"Be careful!" Diego cried.

Soon, Sid watches Carrie sadly as she was dangerously getting close to him. "Come to me my darling and taste the darkness!" Carrie evilly giggles as she was under the control of the dark auras and was about to attack Sid.

"Carrie please! Don't do this! I love you!" Sid cried.

"DESTROY HIM!" Grypher bellowed.

"NOOOO!" The herd screamed in horror.

Oh no!

Will Sid break the spell and free Carrie?

Or will the darkness in Carrie destroys Sid?

What happens next?

Stay tune to find out